Top Mystery Books or Series
Each month we ask our Facebook followers for a book or series recommendation based on a particular genre or similar parameters – and then print the answers in our mid-month newsletter.
I thought it would be a good idea to have a separate page listing these, as I use it as a reference guide often.
This list is of the Favourite Mysteries which was first posted in the May 2021 Newsletter.
Mysteries is a genre of books that just refuses to die. People love writing mysteries and readers love them reading the. We asked our readers to recommend their favourite mysteries. Our readers sent us the following list of their favourite mystery book, series or author. There are a ton of great mysteries out there so if we missed one, let us know in the comments.
Favourite Mysteries:
- Department Q series by Jussi Adler-Olsen
- Donna Andrews
- Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews
- Magic Burns series by Ilona Andrews
- Memory Man series by David Baldacci
- Linwood Barclay
- Nevada Barr
- Matthew Scudder series by Lawrence Block
- Hit Man series by Lawrence Block
- Bulgar series by Lawrence Block
- Rhys Bowen
- C.J. Box
- Jericho Quinn series by Marc Cameron
- Arliss Cutter series by Marc Cameron
- Kate Burkholder series by Linda Castillo
- Agatha Christie
- Jack Ryan series by Tom Clancy
- Ann Cleeves
- Bosch series by Michael Connelly
- Washington Poe series by M.W. Craven
- Avison Fluke series by M.W. Craven
- Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series by Deborah Crombie
- Jeffery Deaver
- Paul Doiron
- Nancy Drew
- Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich
- Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn
- Sister Frevisse Mysteries series by Margaret Frazer
- Jonathan Stride series by Brian Freeman
- Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French
- Nicci French
- Emma Caldridge series by Jamie Freveletti
- Inspector Lynley series by Elizabeth George
- Southern Sisters Mysteries series by Ann George
- D.C. Smith Investigations series by Peter Grainger
- Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries series by C.S. Harris
- Simon Serrailler series by Susan Hill
- Tony Hillerman
- Susan Ryeland series by Anthony Horowitz
- Penn Cage series by Greg Iles
- The Cat Who series by Lillian Jackson
- Alex Delaware series by Jonathan Kellerman
- William Kent Krueger
- Bernie Gunther series by Philip Kerr
- Gilbert King
- Barbara Kingsolver
- Lynda La Plante
- Virginia Lanier
- Millennium series by Stieg Larsson
- Kenzie and Gennaro series by Dennis Lehane
- Rita Mae Brown
- Edith Maxwell
- Lewis Trilogy by Peter May
- Val McDermid
- Dervla McTiernan
- Robert Parker
- Women’s Murder Club series by James Patterson
- Louise Penny
- Jane Whitefield series by Thomas Perry
- Pendergast series by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Nameless Detective series by Bill Pronzini
- The Right Side by Spencer Quinn
- Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley
- In Death series by JD Robb
- Sigma Force series by James Rollins
- John Sandford
- Lord Peter Wimsey series by Dorothy Sayers
- Gabriel Allon series by Daniel Silva
- Karin Slaughter
- Brady Coyne series by William Tapply
- Ian Rutledge series by Charles Todd
- Bess Crawford series by Charles Todd
- Bruno, Chief of Police series by Martin Walker
- Under The Beetle’s Cellar by Mary Willis Walker
- Ake Edwardson series by Erik Winter
- Susan Wittig Albert
- Stone Barrington series by Stuart Woods
Is it possible to print the list of books by a favorite author when you look it up?
Right now just by using your browsers print function. It’s not pretty – at this time – but we are working on something to hopefully remove everything except the book listing and hope to have it on the site within a week or two.